Uberweis somewhat apologized for the helicopter commercial during his announcement for his Gubernatorial Campaign.
One should never apologize for one of the best political commercials ever made, even if the reason it fits in the best category is it makes the candidate look like such a Goober that no one will ever forget about it.
Oberweis offered something of an apology for a widely criticized television commercial that ran during his last Senate campaign in which he talked about immigrants taking American jobs.
“I think the commercial was too harsh and didn’t communicate our position well,” he said of the spot in which he was seen in a helicopter flying over Soldier Field, saying enough illegal immigrants were arriving in the country to fill the stadium every week.
“Many people took the commercial to understand … that I am somehow opposed to immigration,” he said. “I’m not. I’m opposed to illegal immigration.”
Those Oberweis copter commercials may be the funniest thing on tv these days (save Arrested Development). Forget the fact that his numbers are said to be way off, just having him spout off that anti-immigrant rhetoric over the noise of copter blades is high comedy. The only thing that would improve on this would be if he was flying over the Mexican border with a rifle picking off crossing illegals. “Even if I stay up here and shoot all day, I can’t make a dent out of the thousands who are stealing YOUR jobs!”
I’m looking for an archived copy of the commercial if anyone has it out there.